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RINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. Thta celebrated Old IRIS II WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. atSold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by e Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded 4' Einahan's LL Whisky." ......_______ FURNITURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and the t. /M OORCLO'PIT, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in gdom, regardless of amount or distance. First•class Z,,,,,113 at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to er gYaen and Gentlemen. Au immense stock to select vr' displayed Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. y article warranted. t- ` - ' 4II GY.IIEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR , Vl5U_ are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cohbett and _ • ar e publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled 4th " "abl ROUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by 4lo L el „ e engravings of every description of Furniture and p o ' s C' e3 •d, with prices attached. A copy sent palls and free on application. This costly work also contains complete,estimates for furnishing* on the following revised A Six-roomed Parsonage An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto ........ Tun. A Twelve-roomed dltto „ether with a Price List of purified Redding, and a mass of valuable informationto all requiring househMd furniture, Th e "Pels' or bedding. References kindly permitted to Cler 2 7 - " and Zen tlemen in or near Great Malvern. Southampton , `Chichester, Bury Ely Preston, Grimsby, Ilyde, Plymouth, `rc l lB, Oxiord, Gainsboronzh, Margate. Kidder ins ter Welling - ton, Croydon. Cambridge, statues, Doric'. §t Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, lint x Wre xh am, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great CORBETT and CO. , General House Furnishers , Deptf ord bridge, Lond on, S.E. THE CONTINENTAL UNION GAS COM PANY (Limited). Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862, with Limited Liability. Capital £ICO,COO in 20,000 Shares of £23 each, with Power to In 3rease. Deposit £1 on application, and £4 on Allotment. DIRECTORS. John. Allan, Esq., - Director of the Oriental Gas Company. Henry Wollaston Blake, Esq., 18. Lo don- street. "is Cubitt, Esq., Director of the Imperial Gas Company, London. John Fisher, Esq , late of Fisher's and Robins :+n, Watling ..23.treet, London. White, Esq., Director of the European Gas COM. Pony. (With power to add to their number.) ANKERS. Messrs. Maaterman, P et e r rs, Mildred, and Co., 35, Xicholas lane, Lombard-street. AUDITORS. Joseph Horand, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the City of Lon don Gas Company. IL al, L. Backler, Esq., Secretary to the European Gag Com pany. SOLICTORS. Messrs. Hughes, 3lasterman, and Hughes, 17, Bucklersbury. BROKERS. Messrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill, 29, Threadneedle-street. PROSI'ECTUS. 0 This Company has been formed for the purpose of carrying . n the business of Gas Works now in full of operation, with ~ ..exclusive privileges, in the following cities and towns of ranee and It tly, viz. i—Strasbiirg, Cette, Nismes, Vienna, 0a nne, Beaucaire Rueil, Albi, Milan, Genoa, Parma, Modena, and Alessandria, and which now belong o the Societe " Union des Gaz." The Company will also have the Power of extending the existing works, and of adopting such other concessions as may be considered sufficiently remune rative, either alone or in connection with the Societe "Union clew Gaz." 'The cow..essions thus brought under one management were obtained at different periods by the Societe" Union des ". ," and nearly a million sterling has been expended in securing the conc ess i on s and in the const ru cti ,n and im rovement of the several works, plant, mains, service pipes, Zze,. D e tiring the last threa years the management has been in 9hands of a Private Company, called the " Societe d'Ex -o,tation d'Usines a Gaz," under a 23 years' working lease, and the result has been as follows : er ase revenue for year ending 30th June, iB' £14 2 , 801 30th June, 1.62 157,40 11 30th June, 1863 ..... e Improvement thu's' indicated is steadily progressing. The capabilities of the works and the praltable char cter of the business having thus been fully established by the experience of a company with limited resource 5, it is now Proposed to raise sufficient capital for the repayment of all ou tstanding loans, amounting to 6141,500, and for th e further de velopment of the property, to meet the constant l y in t reasing demand for gas in the above-mentioned cities and toWlts. "the Continental Union G's Company (Limit ed) have, 'therefore_, entered into agreements for he purchase of all the rights, privileges, and property of the " Societe d'Exploi tation" for 2,500 paid-up shares ot this Company ; and by a Payment of £50,000 in cash this Company will become entitled to £47,000 in shires of the "Union des Gaz," to all profits from the 30th June last, the benefit of all outlay for improve ments and extensions during the last years , and wi.l obtain the surrender of the interests and secure the co-operation of parties concerned. nc " c=ociete d'Exploitation" thus b e c omes extinct. Daring the period of the contract, the whole profits of the works wi 1 belong to thin Company, after providing for the tayment of a rental to the " Union des Gaz," commencing at £ 7,00 0 per annum, and rising in nine years to a maim= of £14,e00 ; and also for the redemption of "Obligations" amounting with interest to £27,450 per annum, by annual drawings a: rt ad ever 20 years. All charges of this descrip tkn have hitherto been paid out of profits, leaving a large surplus. At the expiration of the 23 years' contract, under the terms of their agreement, the Continental Union Gas Company (Limited) will become joint owners to the extent of one-halt of the entire property represented by the several Concessions and Gas Won. s of the "Union des Gaz,"wiil likewise be re paid the amount of all outlay for improvements, extensions, and new works, and will be entitled thenceforth to not less than one moiety of the profits, free f. om all liabilities and preferential charges. - A complete inspection of the several works has been made on the part of this Company by a thoroughly practic it gas engineer, who has reported most favourably of the p ospects of the undertaking. It is well known to persons conversant with Gas Works i'hat the consumption ot gas is continually increasing, and where, as in this case, exclusive privileges have been obtained, the profits increase is a still greater ratio. The magnitude and importance of the cities and towns embraced in the con cessions, ( oupled with the experience of the past working, are such as to secure 20 the shareholders immediate and steadily increasing dividends. A large numb rof the shares are already subscribed. Pro spectuses and Forms ot Application may be obtained of Messrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill, the Brokers of the Company ; or at the Temporary Offices of the Comp any. The amount of £1 turn each sha e applied for mu-t be paid to the Com pany's Bankers previously to the application being sent in; this sum will be returned if no allotment is made to the applicant. Temporary Offices, 29, Threadneedle-street, RC., April 16, 1804. BUSINESSES. —Mr. ANDREW HIND has for SALE a Poulterer's, S.W. Price £2o'. Also Corn chandlers', from £5O to £1,000; Greengrocers', £3O to £300; Confectoners', Chemists', Milliners', Stationers', from £ 45 to £4O ; Grocers', from £5O to £2,000; Drapers', £2OO to £5,000; Bakers', £75 to £ 400 ; C offee-houses, £5O to £1,200 Dairies, &a., £6O to £6OO ; Oyste r-rooms, Restaurants, &0., £6O to £1,600 ; Laundries, £sn to £200; Oil, Cigar, Fish, Ram, and Toy Sh ps, £5O to £300; and numerous of others in every trade. Commercial Agency Offices, corner Carter -lane, St. Paul's. the April List, containing 5,000, gratis. HOUSES. —Mr. ANDREW HIND has for SAL FR E, a pair ofFREEHOLD semi detachcd seven roomed VILLAS, near a station, half an hour's ride from Farringdon-street. with good gardens back and front. Let to ;yearly tenants at £22 each ; but possession of one may be had. Price £3OO each, Also num erous others, at all prices. Offices, corner of Little:Carter-lane, St. Paul's. VOFFEE-HOUSE.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has for SALE an old-established BUSINESS, near St. ,aurs. Coffee - room , bar, kitchen, and six rooms above. 'tent £33, Lease 16 years. Trade £l2 per week. Price £145. Also the following:—Southwark, £75 ; Oxford-street (near), ; is in,gton, £6O ; Sh ore ditch, £2OO, &o. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. TO CHEMISTS, B.:c.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has for SALE an old-established BUSINESS, in a !pain road East. Commanding corner shop, eight rooms, &e. Bent £4B. Returns £3OO. Price, including a heavy stock, £3OO. Accommodation if required. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Irani's. TO BUTCHERS. —Mr. ANDREW HIND has for SALE a ready-money BUSINESS, in Southwark. f'hop and five rooms. Rent, £25. Lease, 12 years. Returns £35 to E4O per week. Price £6O. Offices, Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. TOfn DRAPERS.—Mr. ANDREW in th HIND has r SALE a good BUSINESS, in a m aoroughfare, S.E. Shop and six rooms. Rent and taxes, £3O Returns, £7OO per annum. Stook optional. Price £45. Offices, Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. PARTNERSHIPS.-Mr. ANDREW HIND iveis instructed to obtain a PARTNER f o r a very lucrat manufacturing* business. Capital required, £6OO. Also numerous mercantile partnerships for negotiation requiring £lOO to .E. 5,000. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, S . Paul's. BE RLIN WOOL, FANCY STATIONERY, and TOBACCO.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has for dis - posa the above, situate in one of the best positions, N. Doing a snug business, and capb'e of improvement, Price f o r fittings, fixtures, &c., £lOO. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. P iu,'s, ____,----- I) AIRI E S . —Mr. ANDREW HIND has for SALE an excellent BUSINESS, S. ; dwelling-house, sheds, stabiin,g, &c.; rent, £18; lease, eight ears; price, in cludinv elaht cows , h orse, van. cart, poultry, &c £420. Also the following:--City, price i£2OD ; Islington, £170; N. Dis trict, £7OO ; Bow, £l5 ; &C. Offices, corner of Little Carter lane, St. Paul's. ----- DIPORTANT INFORMATION. R. ROBERTS' POOR MAN'S FRIEND is confidently recommended to the P . ublic as an unfail ing remedy for wounds of ev er y description. burns, scalds, chilblains, scorbutic eruptions , sore and inflamed eyes, &c. Sold in rots. is. lid., 2s. 9d., 1 1 s., and 228. each. Also his PILULIE ANTISC ROPHULIE, confirm ed by si?tty years' experience to be one of the best alterative medicines ever offered to the public. They form a mild and superior Family Aperient, that may be taken at all times without confine paent or change of diet. Sold in boxes, ls. ld., 2s. td., 4S. lis., and 225. each. . r , Sold wholesale by the proprietors, Beach and Barnicott, Pr dnort, by th , t London houses, anretail by all respectable medicine vendors in the United Kingdom and Colonies. TEETH, —Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following* lvantages :—A set or teeth, of excellent Work trianship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the moat perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without Pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes ot mastication and articulation. They are fitted without Wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option 91 the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to many changes of the moiath without the aid of a dentist. They are not so viable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. C omfort g uar anteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskall's Patent, &e., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations iree.-B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, W; Pi + 39. Bennett's-hill, Bir- Ming-ham. DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. , tcott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who "firer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind. 'Pasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual eofstivene ss , as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grFsteful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro- Mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold don` W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. L onand by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three ti nes the quantity in one, 2s. M. Be sure to auk for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square gree n Package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the Stamp. N°. 22,408. N what " Happy Land" can 1 Fee you after the "Opera?" 1 on 'y know of One HAPPY LAND in which a Gentleman may Sup—EVAINS", COVENT nAII,DP,N, my de6r fellow! T HE ENGLISH AND FOREIGN CREDIT COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the "Companies' Act, 1F6?," by which the liability of the shareholders is limited to the amount of their shares. Capital £2,(00,000, in 40,001 shares of £5O each. First issue 20,000 shares. De posit £ er share on appl tion, and £1 on allotment, of which 10, p 0A shares 11.• ye been already subscribed t , r. Subsequent calls not to exceed £2 108 , and at intervals of not less than three months. It is not intended to call up more than £l5 per share ; but as the operations of the Company require addit;o, al capi tal, further issues of shares will be made, a preference being given to the then existing shareholders. DIRECTORS. John Barrow, Eq., Normanton Chairman Amsterdam Water Works Company Park, Romford. Joseph Bray, Esq , Pyrgo Ferdinand acques, .1 , sq., Banker, Berl n. Charles E. Mangles, Esq., Chairman West India Royal Mall Company. George Balmer Robinson, Esq., Director Alliance Bank. George Sheward, Esq., Leinster-square, Bayswater, Thomas Stenhouse, Esq., Chairman Discount Corporation. George Barnard Townsend, Esq., Direc.or South Eastern of Portu;al Railway Company. - • BANKERS. The Alliance Bank, Lothbury, London; Brovrn's-buildings, Liverpool ; and King-ttreet, Manchester. SOLICITORS. Messrs, Desborough, Yonne', and Desborough, 6, Sise-lane. Messrs. Switt and Co., 32, Great George-street, Westminster. BROKERS. Messrs. Dezoete and Gorton, 2, Austin-friars. SECRETARY (PRO TEM•) Mr. Chester Earles. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 2, Copthall-chgmbers, Angel-court, Throgmorton-etreet. PROSPECTUS. The Directors having received he support of eminent foreign capitalists, and the co. operation of many of the lead ing firms in thi country connected with public works, are already in a position to announce that they have secured a business which will of itself yield a large return on the capital, without reckoning the probable profit which they will derive from the further operations they have in view. also The spirit of enterprise which has now manifested itself in foreign countries, with the encouragement given by the various Governments to the construction of works of public u tility, leave no dubt that there is still ample not o scope tor an undertaking of th is nature. Having securedonly the influence of those connected with banking establishments in many of the principal cities of the continent, but the acquisi tion of business, which will form the basis of immediate profitable transactions the Directors have no hesitation in introducing this Association to the public. The general objects of this company are the same as those of other compan es of a kindred nature which have been lately started in this country, and which, by the judicious employment of capital, h ve been enabled to secure for the shareholders such large dividends. The company will negotiate :- 1. Loans and concessions for railways, and other public works abroad. 2. Th y will advance money on approved securities, as well as purchase and negotiate the same upon commission. 3. They will lend money to contractors of position end responsibility, and facilitate the construction of important public works. No promotion-money will be paid, and the amount of the Directors' remuneration will depend up on the profits made. With the view to ex ended operations upon the continent, the Directors are authorised to publish the names of the fol lowing Bankers, as the correspondents of the Company : Vienna Austrian Credit Institute. Berlin Hamburg The Brunswick Bank. Leipsi3 Heinr Kustner and Co. • Cologne The Schaufhausen Bank Unio n. Breslaw E Heiman, Banker. Munich Herr Von Froh:iclie, Banker. Dresden Konigsberg Hanover J. Copper and Son, Bankers. Dantzic ..... M. M. Normann, Banker. Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be obtained at the temporary offices of t h e company, 2, Copthall chambers, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, or at ihe offices of the brokers, Messrs. Dczoete and Gorton, 2, Austin-friaicrs. This form must be delivered entire to the banicers of the C om pany; and, after payment of de p ,sit, the application to be retained by them. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. No ... . To the Directors o' the English and Foreign Credit Company (L). Gentlemen, — Fraying paid to your bankers the sum of £ , being a deposit of Xl•per Share on shares in the above company, I hereby request that you will allot me that number, and I agree to accept such shares, er any smaller number that may be allotted o me, subject to the regulations of the company, and alsD /o pay the further deposit of .E 4 per share on allotment ; and I hereby authorise yr„u to enter my name on the register of shareholders for the sbares so al lotted. Name in full Residence Profession or business Date OF MEXICO. EMPIRE ANGLO-FRENCH SIX PER CENT. LOAN. .£7,790,e00 representing; a nominal amount of £12,365,000. In bonds to bearer of 0, £s' 0, £ 00, £lOO, and .£5 ) each, with others of smaller amounts for the Continental markets. With half-yearly Coupons attached, payable Ist April and ist a.tober in London or Pans. ISSUED IN LONDON BY Messrs. GLYN, MILLS, and CO., AND THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SOCIETY (Limited). IN PARIS BY THE SOCIETE GENERALE DE CREDIT MOBILIER. Decreeq of the Emperor Maxim Ban, dated 10th and 11th April, 864, and conventions entered into with Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., authorise the issue of Bonds of the Mexican Empire to the extent of £ 2,365,000 sterling, bearing interest at 6 per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly in Lonion or Paris. Of this amount £8,000,0 1 ° bonds will be negotiated on ac count of the Mexican Government, and the remaining £1,365,000 on account of the French Government, by whom these bonds have been accepted in payment of expenses in curred in Mexico. ements for the issue to the The following are the arrang public of the total amount of £12,365,, 00, at the pri . o of 63 per cent. (with interest from Ist April), payable £5 on application. £3 „ allotment. £lO „ 15th June, 1861, £lO „ 15th August £lO „ 15th October ~ £to „ 15th December ~ £lO „ lbth February, 1865. 63 per cent. - - A coupon of 3 per cent., due Ist October, 1864. will he at tached to the scrip, due 15th and will be received in Oct p o art ber ; andpayment of the instalment of 10 per cent. sub scribers will have the option Of paying the instalments under discount, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, On any of the days fixed for payment of the instalments. The bonds will be expressed in francs, as well as in sterllne.:, so as to admit of their negotiation in Paris and other Conti nental markets. To afford facilities for t negotiation in France, his Excellency, M. Fould, the French Minister of Finance, has authorised that a public subscription shall be opened in Pais and the principal towns of France. He has also instructed the syndics of the Stock Exchange of Paris, Lyons, Marseilles , Toulouse, and Bordeaux to admit the scrip and bonds of the loan to their daily negotiations, and to order the dealings therein, both for cash and the ac c,,unt, to be quoted on the official lists. Each bond will have attached to it half yearly interest. coupons. payable on let April and Ist October ot each year, in London, in sterling, at the bank of M essrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., and in Paris, at the fixed exchange of elf. 20:!. per pound sterlinT, at the bankers of the Mexi an Government. If the instalments be not paid at the respective due dates, interest at 10 per cent. per annum will be c h wiharged until pay ment. Should any instalment not be paid tin oie caln dar month after its being due, the scrip, and all previous pay ments thereon will be forfeited. Out of the proceeds of the loan a sum equal to the four halt yearly payments of interest thereon falling due Ist o.•tob wi er, 1864, Ist April and I st October , 1865, and Ist April, 1866, ll be retained in the Caisse des Depots et Consignations of the French Government at Paris. The Mixed Financial Com mission hereinafter described will be speLially charged with the duty of providing, out of the f unds so retained", for the payment in London and Paris of the said four haif yearly dividends. Also, out of the proc e ed s o f the loan, andrecisely under p similar arrangements, funds will be retained for the next four half year y payment 4 of interest on the 3 per cent. Mexi can Bonds held under the decree of October, 185', and on the new 3 per cent. bonds representing, the capitalised arrears of interest thereon, as agreed to by the holders of bonds a' their recent meeting in Lond ,n. For the liquidation of the loan now to be contracted, a sinkin g* fund, equal to 1 per cent. p er annum on the nominal capital of the loan, will be provided from let April, 1869. and applied to the purchase in London and Paris, of bonds of the various classes issued to represent the loan. A Mexican Financial Commission will be at once estab lished in Paris, and wi 1 be empowered to do all official acts necessary for the completion and i! sue of the scrip and bonds arising out of the loan, and also for the capitalisation of the arrears of interest on the old bonds, and for other financia purposes. This commission will con Ist of Count de Germiny, Senator, Honorary Governor of the Bank of France •, Mr. W lliam Hope, General Manager ot the International Financial So ciety, as Provisional English Commissioner: and a member to be specially delegated by the Emperor of Mexico. The documents relaticg to the authorisation of the loan may be inspected at the offices of M essr s. Bircham, Dalrymple, Drake, and Ward, solicitors, 46, Parliament-street, West minster. In case of any application no t receiving a n allotment the deposit made on application will be returned in full ; and if a less amount be allotted than is applied for the deposit will be applied towards the further sum payable on allotment, and the surplus balance , if any , r eturned to the applicant. Appli ations, accompanied by the prescribed deposit, will be received by Messrs. Glyn , Mills , an d Co., 67, LOMbard street, London, and the International Financial Society (Limited); or by the Societe Generale de Credit Mobilier, at Vests, until Saturday next, the 23d April. Lists will ao be open ed throughout the departments of France by all the cor respondents of the Societe Generale de Credit Mobilier, and of the Credit Fonder of France. At Turin..by the Societe Generale de Credit Mobilier Italie 01. n. At Madrid Espagn At Amsterdam..de Commerce et 'd'lndusiiie. Forms of application and prospectuses may be had of Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street, or the In ternational Financial Society (Limited , 51, Old Broad-street. London, April 16, 1864. FORM OF APPLICATION, No ........ To be retained by the Bankers. EMPIRE OP MEXICO. Anglo-French Six per Cent. Loan-47,7:40,000, representing a Nomtp al Amount of £12,365,100. To Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., and the International Financial Society (Limited). flaying paid to Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., the sum of , being the required depos it of 5 per cent. oabove n loan, £ I request that y ou will allot me £5 in the and I hereby agree to ac. ept that amount or any less sum that may be allott d to me, and to pay the further irstalments thereon, in accordance with the terms of your prospectus of 16th April, 1661. Name in full ...................... Ad , iress in full .................... Occupation ........................ Date P• .............. 1864. BANKERS' RECEIPT, No ...... . To be retained by applicant. EMPIRE OF MEXICO, Anglo-French Six per 'ent. Loan---£7,790,000, representing a Nominal amount of £12,385,000. 67, Lombard -street, London. April, 1861. Received of the sum of .£ on account of the above loan, being' the deposit of 5 per cent. on an application for £ of the above lo4n. For Glyn, Mills, and Co., *** The applicant will please fill up the blanks of this ap Plicatipn and the receipt before preaenting the payment. PRIZE MEDAL--INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, dul, ezo.. To the Queen and the Pt ince of Wales. (Established 17?0.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to the excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely , in my turn, I com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with latted Wicks, patented.. 9s, 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality .. • . • • cs. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. • • ~ • • Is. sd. per lb. S ec ond quality .........is. 3d. per lb. Third quality ls. id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders - Of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— t Kensington (Established 17 30 ). The large Establishment in England for the Manufacture Wax candles tor the UBO of the Altar. ,e #.5.-- f‘- • ... : 4 , : e 1.4 ,,, ~,1-13---,177; :? `, ••• ' ~, ' '''‘l-.', : • ~,... , - \ , . .... - ' •11---) .: -.-, t N . ..''. -ak;.1;4i30. 0 ' • -. . . . . ~ .- . : 7 1 - '''' t r -. t t .. ' ' - ii ' f ; . ,- " '!-:4 4 Z 0. 4 -*Yt 1 0 ~! .. . :: . -: , _ -. . i ': . = SI i.,.' rri , ''.::. . • ' 'r...;. ... ' ' 1,- ''. :' , ,,t• -., :" ' • ~. ef.‘ ;:: ! , :i t : ~,, ',' ~.„ ..;.- „' ..., ,„--,,,,„ t I,t 4 •. - 4 4111 s " , / I ' ll , ..... 0 „, !' . ,- - +.7 '1%.,,.. . / t 7. I,„ ,-- ?:sirs` 7 -,/, %N , .., / , ! ,t.14 i tV.:. 0 -5 ~ 1 1 =v,,-" — n - .\ = ` ./ 4 1 .-,T; .."'- . , ... . . . ..., , '' .l. '. rf‘ , ,....,...,;,' N'' .' - ' . -,J. ' . -,..#..., „ ,'l,, , 1 4 1. f .e.;MI 4 - -oßorr. '\ - ' ---- diP P-- ,i ,, tc,it, , t -.ie.- RTHE SUN, LONDON, WEDNI SDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1864. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. FUNDS are urgently REQUIRED. Treasurer and Banker—EDWARD DIASTE DIAN, Esq., Nicholas-lane. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TlMES.—There could be but min fate for the motion of Mr, Osborne on the affairs of Denmark last night. His theories were equally unplatable to the Government which has befriended Danmark peacefully, end the Opposition which has half in timated its desire for sterner measures. His cen sures were directed against a Treaty signed by the Foreign Secretary of Lord Derby, and now sup ported by the Government of Lord Derby's oppo nents. If Mr. Osborne is right, then Lord Pal merston is in the wrong. No wonder, then, it was unanimously agreed that his motion should not be put; so that the Conference will commence its sit- THE NATIONAL SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL BUST. By FELIX M. MILL Professor of Sculpture, Govern ment School ( f Art, published under the special s tnaion of the National Shakespeare and Stratford-on-Avon Tercente nary Committees, by HOWELL, JAMES, and CO. Copies will be Issued, in the order of registration, to sub scribers only, and are executed in— Wedfxwood Ceramic Statuary, 12 in. high, price One Guinea. French Terra Cotta 15 • „ „ One Guinea. Bronze 8 „ „ Three Guineas Shb4eribers' names reeelyed by the agents in Lo .don and chief proyinc'al towns (where c)pies of the Bust may be seen), or by the publishers, tinge to-day without any opinion having been ex pressed by the House of Commons against the weaker party in the present war. Last night the House of Commons heard a recapitulation of the ar guments which have been familiar for some years to the few students of foreign politics, and which have been more generally made known by the die. cussions of the last five months. Mr. Osborne re peats with perfect accuracy all that the Germans have advanced on the subject, and the most learned patriots in the Frankfort Diet could not expect an Englishman to be more completely acquainted with their own side of the question. When we say further that Mr, Osborne spoke, as usual, admi rably, and that his information was laid before the house with all the advantages of oratory, it may be taken for granted that the German case has not suffered for want of an 'Advocate in England. But, as far as any practical result is concerned, this able speech might as well be left unspoken. All that HOWELL, JAMES, and Co., Goldsmiths, Arc., By appointment to the Queen and Prince and Princess of Wahl, 5,7, and 9, IMO-ENT-STREET, LONDON. Photographs and probpectuses forwarded post free on ap plication. the speaker told the house is known ; much of it is admitted to be true by those who have upheld the rights of Denmark. The wisdom or imprudence of the London Treaty, the right of the late King of Denmark to agree to the succession of the Glueks burgs without the assent of the Estates of the Duchies, the precise nature of those Estates and their legal competence to decide a question of succession, the conduct of the late King in respect to the se ipu lations of 1851-2, the character of the Danish rule in the Duchies, the alleged grievances of the people, the language question, the schoolmaster question, the free press question, are all matters on which the best friends of Denmark are willing to admit that there is a great deal to be said on both sides. What they have asserted, and what the public feel ing of Europe has confirmed, is that a mere ques tion of succession and mere difficulties of adminis tration incidental to all frontier and bilingual dis tricts are not such as will justify the German Powers in using their strength to dismember an ancient Monarchy which they have solemnly pledged them selves to support. Mr. Osbcrae's invectives are first directed against the Treaty of 1852. Now, this Treaty we do not care to defend as to its main principles. We do not think that the possession by Denmark of a province more or less can affect the peace of Europe or the balance of power. We be lieve it would have been a better arrangement if Schleswig had been given to Denmark completely, and Holstein completely severel from it, according to the views of the " Eider Danes." Though Ger many would not assent to any such scheme now, after the wrangling of the last 12 years and the recent victories, it might not have been difficult to make such a settlement at the time of the Treaty of Lon don; and the Schleswigers, no longer exposed to the solicitations of the Southern Duchy, would have ceased to be offended by the presence in the pulpit of a Danish preacher whom they understood just as well as if he addressed them in German. Another possible plan would have been to abolish the Danish Monarchy altogether. The union of the three Scan dinavian kingdoms would have been undoubtedly a benefit to Europe, and, if it had been accomplished, Schleswig-Holstein might have been left to what ever political happiness it might find as a fifth-rate State of the German Confederations. This, how ever, would have been a more difficult arrangement, as not only Royal interests, but national pride and some remains of national rivalry would have made Denmark unwilling to merge its individual exist ence in the Scandinavian unity. But to discuss these by bygone possibilities is, we feel, the most useless kind of criticism after the event. The politicians of 1852 acted according to the state of Europe at thet ime s and the opinions prevalent at the most power- ful Courts, The Duchies had a short time More been agitated by an unhappy war, which had ended in the overthrJw of the revolutionary army, and the restoration of the King's authority by force. The memory of these events, and the uncertainty of the future owing to the want of a direct heir to the throne, retarded a return to political quiet, and when Frederick a ercond time proposed his scheme for a change in the succeseion it was received with favour nut only by neutral Powers, but even by Prussia Ind Austria and the larger number of the minor German States. On the whole, we think there is no reason to querre: with the resolution at which they, and in fact all the European Powers, arrived. There might have been a batter settlement, but the Treaty of 1852 was not a bad one. The theory of race might have been satisfied by one possible arrangement; a better frontier might !neve been the result of another; but thil very fact that nothing else was proposed, and that both friends and ene mies accepted the principle of the Treaty, is suffi cient proof that it was founded on good sense and answered the needs of the time. HERALD.—There is another sick man in Europe, and his flame is Garibaldi. That is, he is officially sick, diplomatically indisposed. But physically and literally he refuses to be unwell. He insists upon it that he neither wants physic nor advice. His own physician aids and abets him in this pecu liar obstinacy. Dr. Basile asserts that the general's health is "perfectly satisfactory." and that his ?mind " no longer requires surgical care." Yet the general is announced to leave England on Friday next, flying from our shores as if from the pesti lence, speeding to Caprera to save his very life) If Dr. Basile is right in his opinion, why is Gari. baldi's visit thus abruptly terminated ? An expla nation is offered by the assertion that the British Government has compromised itself by sharing in the Garibaldian demonstrations, and has thus found it necessary to throw the general overboard, like another Jonah, in order to avoid further complica tions with foreign Powers. It is broadly stated that Garibaldi leaves our shores at the instigation of the Palmerstanian Cabinet. Of course such a request would not be made officially. It might take the form of a friendly suggestion; but it has been stated, on the authority of the general him self, that it is in some such way as this that he is induced to curtail his welcome visit. On the con- trary, Lord Palmerston and the Earl of Clarendon deny the entire assertion. The latter assures the country that the Emperor of the French has ex pressed no annoyance at Garibaldi's reception, and Lord Palmerston disavows any act on the part of the Government to induce Garibaldi to quit the kingdom. Thus we are left without any solution to what is really a very vexatious kind of mys tery. If we believe Dr. Basile, if we believe what Garibaldi is declared to have said of him self only yesterday morning, the state of his health is not the reason why he leaves England in less than three weeks after his arrival. Then what is the real occasion of so strange an incident ? Garibaldi is neither whimsical nor passionate. He acts with reason and judgment, though with ardour and enthusiasm. Has he any deep design of his own ? Is he about to swoop down on Venetia, or to scale the walls of Rome? If so, why does ho not restrain his physician from bruit log abroad the fact that ill-health hes nothing to do with his sudden flight? If Garibaldi's coming was a mystery, his going is tenfold more so. Has he been imposed upon? Has some audacious underling appeared before him as an agent of the Government, and uttered unauthorised requests in the name of the British Cabinet ? There is obviously something to be explained. There is deception, or delusion, or misapprehension somewhere. That the health of Garibaldi is affected by the fatigue and excitement of his English reception there can be little doubt. We say this with all due respect to his worthy phy sician, 1)r. Basile. Still more clearly do we appre hend the risk which besets the wounded soldier in undertaking his triumphal progress through the pro vinces. No great harm may yet have been inflicted, but still there may be rei - ,s . in for interposing some respite in the round of interviews and demonstra lions to which the distinguished Italian is subjected, So far we agree with Dr. Fergusson. But it is not so clear that the general must necessarily leave England and return forthwith to Ctp7era. The sud denness of this departure is something astounding. It is as though "some well-graced actor," in the midst of a scene which riveted every eye and en tranced every heart, should drop through a trap door in the stage and suddenly disappear with an unfinished harangue yet quivezing upon his lips, We are told in this instance that the trap-door is opened by a doctor; butone who has caaght a glimpse behind the scenes tells us that it is a statesman, and not a doctor who lets down the trap. 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PRICE .4d. STAMPED:....Sd. of Government organs and Ministerial speakers in attributing Garibaldi's departure to simple conside rations of health. But supposing the General to be unwell, or in danger of becoming 130—the latter being an especially possible event—is there no me dium between his present round of ceaseless activity and the utter seclusion of Caprera ? Are there no hermitages in Great Britain, that the weary veteran must be packed off to his lonely isle, to listen once more to the bleating of his goats and the murmur of the waves? There is something altogether ano malous in the aspect which Garibaldi now presents before the eyes of the world, and for his own sake it is needful that some further explanation should be forthcoming. We are certain that when the truth is clearly set forth the facts will redound to the honour of the great chieftain. At present we are looking at our luminary through a fog, and we invoke a healthful breeze to clear away the haze which for the present baffles penetration. THE WAR IN DENMARK. (From the limes Special Correspondent with the Allied armies.) BROACKER, April 15. The Prussian Generals seem determined to convert the Danish earthworks into masses of metal before adventuring the lives of their men in an assault. Yesterday was another day of heavy fire. I went down to Gravenstein in the afternoon to post my letters, and thither the masses of smoke from the batteries had preceded me, borne from Duppel by an easterly wind; there was other smoke, also, from a farm in Alsen, yesterday set on fire by one of the batteries on the left. It was one of those great farms not uncommon in Schleswig, with a spacious residence and extensive outbuildings, the abode of ease and comfort—sometimes of almost wealth and luxury. But some Danes were in it, and had to be dislodged. So thought an offin,q. in command of a battery on the left, and accordingly he threw in a shell and burnt the place. It was a great confla gration, and surely a heavy loss to some one of those Schleswig - ers whom the Allies have come to help to their rights. Meanwhile and all day the batteries blazed away at the forts, which replied not. On the left, however, two batteries found an answer. Up to about noon the Danes replied to them vigorously, and in one of them, No. 25, nearly opposite to Sandberg, two guns were dis mounted and damaged, two men killed, and one wounded. You were told before that the Danes had established strong batteries along that Alsen strand, as far north as Ronhoff, and it was two of those that yesterday fired. On the right of the Prussian line of attack, in a battery of the second parallel, a visitor who bad been up there yesterday told me that he saw a gun lying dismounted. It is re ported to have been done in the night by some small Danish gunboats that ventured in, but how these es caped at the hands of the heavy batteries established with a view to such contingencies I am unable to state. It is difficult to get precise information on such matters. Every man may know what passes in his own battery, but he generally knows little more—at least of what occurs at night, and numerous tales obtain currency for which there is little or no foundation. I understand that Sonder borg was again bombarded yesterday, although perhaps to no great extent. lam wholly at a lose to explain the object of these repeated bombard ments. The nearest of the two bridges which con nect Alsen and Snndewitt is perfectly well seen from the Observatory at Schelde, and is, of course, an object of attention to the artillery. A watch is kept for troops and stores passing over it, with a view to fire upon them. But as the bridge is diffi cult to hit, although seemingly constructed of very large pontoons, the fire, an artillery officer informed me, is generally directed at the approaches to it, on the side of the mainland, as I understood, but if the same were done on the side of the town it could hardly fail to occasion damage to houses. The Prussians seem unable to explain the repeated shelling of Sonderborg, and still more at a loss to justify it, or, at least, to justify the doing it without notice to the inhabitants. Some say it was an oversight; some that for special reasons warning could not be given ; others that the inhabitants ought to have abandoned it on the hint of the half dozen shells thrown in three weeks ago ; while others again declare their belief that it had been so abandoned that it in fact was no longer anything but a great barrack which they had a perfect right to bombard at any hour. 1 perceive signs of great annoyance in certain quarters at the severe manner in which the proceeding has been judged in Eng land. I should be glad if Berlin could give satis factory explanations in reply to the inquiries under stood to have been addressed to it, but I fear that will prove tether difficult. The Schelde Observatory, above referred to, has not, I think, as yet been described to you. It is situated on the west coast of Broackorland, to the south of Gammelemark. At the upper edge of the beach, where it rises into a field, and with one corner propped against a mighty tree, stands a little hut the rude framework of which consists of a few poles and spars, and the walls and roof of which are seaweed and straw. In it there is a very fair telescope ; and intelligent non-commis sioned officers are continually on the look-out. From it one looks right up Alsen Sand and has an excel lent view of the town. I was up there last in the afernoon of the 13th, and had another careful exa mination of Sonderhorg. The traces of the fire are very slight, but one can discover houses the win dows of which are gone and the apertures black ened, and which, doubtless, have been gutted by the flames. There was a good deal of shipping up in Horup Hoff, including some large steamers, and their appearance, although no unusual occurrence, came opportunely to give increased probability to the rumours of Danish evacuation current on that day, bat which may now, it seems, be considered to have been unfounded. From that Observatory, on the days of the bombardment of Sonderborg, many of the Prussian shells were seen to fall in the water. Although it is unimportant as affecting the conduct of the Prussians, it may be well to note, as a gauge of Danish veracity and accuracy, that 400 shells were the very largest number that were thrown during the whole of what is upon the other side called the 48 hours' bombardment. Forty-two fire-shells were filet thrown, but did not set the place on fire; this was done by the ordinary shells that followed. The shells were all fired from one battery, and not, as I was led to believe, from two. My information as to the number fired is derived from a gentleman who must know, who is incapable of an untruth, and who in this case has not the slightest interest to tell one. The prisoners taken the night before last, and whose numbers are variously stated at from 120 to 160, are nearly all Jatlenders. Judging from the way in which some of them were yesterday chatting and laughing at Gravenstein, they are not much cast down at their captivity : but, on the contrary, rather glad to be taken. This has seemed to be the case with most of the prisoners I have seen since the very beginning of the war. Many of them, it is true, were Sehleswigars, end de fix/0 deserters, but I do not believe that the Jutlanders are a bit more anxious to fight. There is small reason why they should. The longer and the better they defend Dappel and Alsen the worse is it for their native province, which is being ruined by the enormous exactions of the Allies, who there appa rently act upon the Napoleonic principle of making war support war. Even here in Schleswig, where that is not the case, the people in general will be delighted to get rid of this army, well behaved though they freely admit its soidiers are. Since I have:been living in Broacker and its neighbourhood, with most parts of which I am by this time tolerably familiar, I have been struck by two things, which, although small, are sure signs that the soldiers who occupy every village and hamlet and farmhouse and peasant's cot in the country are orderly and re specters of property. The gardens are not ravaged and the henroosts are not robbed. In th e little nooks of garden which, as in England, are to be ~r-~, ~- PATE R 77- 0..17-7717, ,„ t 4. 4 . 4 ‘ r.4) A 4 ,. ) CL; 1,1 ry 4!o`,' , -e id AA found in font or rear of !nary' MOVO , 4. , :• . : ,-, 4 it., ),11.4.. spring flowers are now making t"' well trimmed, untrampled borders. _ tit_ leads his harem efield without dange&of irk served up a la Zouave, and ducks and chiCketis ar to be seen pecking industriously in every pond an ~ , f . _t___ .h. "b.rAnter 6.f lane. These small traits show the character o. army. Nevertheles the 30,000 or 40,000 men (pt - bably the latter) now in front of Duppel, and whose commander's headquarters are at Gravenstein, form a grievous burden upon the land, the little f.filuence and modest ease of which seem, so to speak, to perish under the pressure. The exorbitant amount of billeting is severely felt now that it has lasted so long. I know of one house in Gravenstein, inhabited by a respectable family and containing eight rooms, one of which is reserved to himself by the proprietor of the house. Of the remaining seven, the tenants have not one exclusively for their own use. Soldiers occupy their bedchamber by day, and they share with officers the room in which they sit. The other five rooms are appropriated in different ways entirely to the use of the army. I must suppose that there aro not a few othere equa►ly incommoded, and all but turned out of their houses. If this army remains here much longer it would be better and healthier to put part of it under canvas than to keep it crowded in close cantonments. In weather that is neither wet nor severely cold, a clean well-aired tent is a more salubrious abode than frowzy, low•roofed, stove-heated roarne. I lately wrote to you that the Rolf Krake had been in the direction of the Nobel Noer and had exchanged a few shots with the Alnoer batteries. This seems to be an incorrect version of what took place. At Eckersund ferry (the pontoon bridge is not yet replaced) I yesterday was told that, the night being very dark, the men in one of the bat teries had fancied that a small craft which lay near was moving, and their heads being doubtless full of the Rolfe Krake since her exploit of the 28th of March, they imagined they had before them that adventurous cruiser, and accordingly tared upon her. One shot only was fired, it is said, and some rifles by the in fantry near at hand, before the error was discovered. Luckily no damage was done. The day before yesterday a steam corvette, said to he the Dannebrog, and to carry 15 guns, anchored ire the water south of Alsen, between Venning Bur.d and Horup Haff. It is reported here she is iron clad. Ido not know whether the Danes have so , large a vessel protected is this manner. She left again 3 esterday. Since the outposts have been so near together, up to the 13th inst., there was some fraternisation between the Danish and German sentries, who met half way and drunk and talked together. On Wed nesday, down near the Vanning Band, to the right of the third parallel, where the Prussians and Danes stood but 60 paces apart, in pits and behind parapets on opposite sides of the same field, I saw several instances of this. A soldier would step out of his cover waving a white handherchief, and would advance to the middle of the field, where his opponent met him, and they drank out of the same flask, or, in one or two cases, merely ex changed a few words, shook hands, and parted. The thing was latterly forbidden, but it still con tinued more or less. I suppose an end will have been put to it by the fight of the night before last and the withdrawal of the lines, at least on a great part of the line, within their entrenchments. The Prussian soldiers say that some of the Danes ex pressed to them their great weariness of the war, but said that they expected it to cease on the 12th inst. Perhaps they had heard that the Conference was to meet on that day, as reported, and had a vague notion that it would put a stop to hostilities. Northwards from West Duppel the Prussians have now a chain of batteries, consisting of 6, 12, and 24 pounder rifled guns. The 24 pounders were yesterday (two batteries of four guns each) firing at the north end of Sonderborg and at the second pon toon bridge, but they are reported to have made poor practice. The distance is great. Ten 5-pounders, in the two batteries nearest to Duppel, yesterday fired at forts 7to 10. Then there are three 12-pounder batteries which engage the D6nish forts on A.lhen shore. The furthest of these, close to Sandberg C..atle, was yesterday liriug from behind a bank, there beirg no regular breasoacrk as yet made for it. Further on, near S.theabek, hard by the exit from the narrow portion of Alben Sund, where it widens and turns more eastwards, are some more 12-pounders. Railway and Public Companies in Parliament. -4- Yeah rday, before the committee on the new metropo'lkon railways, the evidence of Mr. Seymour Clarke on the gene ral merits of the Great Northern Railway Company's pro posed Barnet branch, and for other purposes, having been concluded, Mr. Fowler, the engineer, end Mr. Fenton, traffic manager of the Metropolitan Railway, were examined in opposition to the proposal of the Great Northern to run over the Metropolitan Railway between King's-cross and its Farringdon•street terminus. Mr. Hope Scotc, Q C., was hoard in opposition on behalf of the Midland Rail way Company, relative to the acquisition of some lands for station purposes to the westward of the Great Northern Company's goods station at King's-cross, of which the Metropolitan possessed the freehold, but of which the Midland company claimed the leasehold. The committee will not give theirdeeision on the Great Northern Company's bill until they have heard the case of the Lon don, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company's No. 1 bill, which involves questions for adjudication common to both schemes. The case for the Staines, Egham, and Woking Junction Railway was opened by Mr. Phinn, Q.C., in the committee of which Mr. Scholefield is' chairman. It is pro posed to bo incorporated with a capital of £lB,OOO, and £16,000 loan, for a five mile line from a junction with the Staines and Wokingham Railway eastward of its Virginia Water station to the Woking station of the London and Soath Western Railway. Mr. Gregory, C.E.,was examined in favour of the line, and after hearing the general traffic evidence, the committee threw out the bill, subsequently passing the proposed extension of the South-Western to Chertsey, which had been considered at previous sittings. The further hearing of the North British Company's exten• sion to Perth is adjourned in Mr. Hassard's committee, who then considered the proposed Denburn Valley Railway, which proposes, inter alia, to empower the Scottish North Eastern to make a short line through Denburn valley to the Great North of Scotland, with a joint passenger station and approaches at Aberdeen, the first company to be em • powered to apply £70,000, and the second £125,000 for the purpose. After hearing Mr. Sergeant Bellasis against, the committee passed,the bill. The bill for leasing the Alyth Railway to the Scottish North Eastern, being unopposed, was sent down to Mr. Massey's committee. The committee on the competing schemes proposed by the Sheffield, Ches terfield, and Staffordshire Railway, and by the Midland Railway, from Chesterfield to Sheffield, resumed its inquiry, taking the case of the latter bill for a new line of 13 miles between those places, to raise £455,000 by shares and £151,000 by loan. The traffic case was considered. The bills passed in Mr. Massey's committee were the Bod min and Wadebridge Railway, for a line of three miles between those points in Cornwall, and to raise £48,000; the Wallingford and Watlington Railway, of eight miles, to raise £BO,OOO by shares, and £26,000 loan ; Bedford and Cambridge Railway, to raise a further sum of £50,000; Witney Railway, and Ely, Haddenham, and Sut ton. The Edinburgh and Leith Sewerage Improvement Bill was opened by Mr Forsyth, Q.C., in a committee over which Mr Roebuck is chairman, and the bill for the °stab-. 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